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Helicon seems to be winning on this forum. I'll give one a shot tomorrow as I'm going past PMT Thanks all. If it doesn't make me sing like a lark its all your fault of course that would be magic

Well it arrived....ooh dear. It was just in a soft case and someone put something heavy on it. As a result the neck is angled 15 degrees further forward than it should be and some of the neck plate screws were pulled out. The action is a tad out...stings are a bit slack Don't worry the damage is covered

[quote name='ratman' timestamp='1402676202' post='2475931'] The TC Mic Mechanic looks pretty good. I know a couple of people who use one and they swear by them. And theyre only £119 at GAK. [url="http://www.tc-helicon.com/products/mic-mechanic/"]http://www.tc-helico...s/mic-mechanic/[/url] [/quote] Yes this was my first thought and I like things that are simple but there is one track that I use distortion on while playing with "the badgers", which it won't cover. That's why I was thinking about the Voicelive ones. The GTX seems cheaper and has some guitar effects too.

Does anyone know if Viocelive GTX is significantly more difficult to use than Voicelive play?

[quote name='matski' timestamp='1402475865' post='2473813'] I would recommend the TC Helicon VoiceLive Play. It's pretty simple to operate and has a great range of effects built in. It ships with about 200 odd presets, and more can be downloaded from the TC Helicon website. And then you can start fiddling about and creating your own patches... [url="http://www.tc-helicon.com/products/voicelive-play/"]http://www.tc-helico...voicelive-play/[/url] [/quote] Thanks, the video link is useful. I'll try and get a look at one of those this week

Hi, because I sand on some recordings I'm doing a bit of live singing and playing. That was never really my plan TBH and on the recordings I use a bit of reverb and echo and occasionally distortion so that I sound "nice". As a result I'm not happy with my sound without these aids. So vocal effects? Where do I start. My thoughts so far are: 1. Buy a friends Digitech V3000 Multi Effects unit from him. It works for me with my noisy band and is easy to use but I'm not sure that the quality is there. It sounds a bit digital so more investigation needed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EftC8gGENx8 2. I was looking at the TC Helicon Voicelive GTX. That seems ideal on paper but looks more complicated. I hate over complication and am worried that it won't come out of the box because of that. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdyRzyKCSrY[/media] I have one of the TC basic pedals but thats proving difficult to set up and doesn't cover all I want. Any others that people would recommend?

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1402208360' post='2470925'] They were on the line up at knebworth in 79 [/quote] aah yes along with some other bands like Tod Rungrun, Ronnie Wood and Led Zeppelin me and a girl hitchhiked down from Newcastle 1 week early and had a great time. Unfortunately I couldn't remember Zeppelin because I was totally out of it by then. Luckily when I got I got a free ticket to the 2nd weekend and managed to get back down and see all the bands over again.

[quote name='gadgie' timestamp='1402316760' post='2471989'] Hi, I'm gadgie. GAS is a problem with me. I have only been 'playing' bass for 2 weeks, yet I have already committed to buying two items from forum users. Lucky enough I really need those two items so they are not a waste of money......not until I've had them for a week or so and then they will be forgotten about and laid aside with the other bits and bobs that I couldn't live without. So far I have managed to not commit to large items such as fancy amps and basses that will take up a lot of room. GAS = Gadgie Acquiring Stuff [/quote] AAh do you want to buy anything else? What you needing?

[quote name='bassintheface' timestamp='1402294295' post='2471681'] It is difficult! I can play a sing on acoustic guitar and sing quite happily. Give me a bass and anything more complex than a 4/4 dotted crotchet quaver rhythm and it all falls apart! Harmonies are a nightmare. I know so many bassists that find it difficult. [/quote] Same here, although I struggle to remember the words but can play guitar and sit with a music stand and learn, I find it much more difficult with bass. It really annoys me as I wrote the songs on guitar. [quote name='Telebass' timestamp='1402291438' post='2471666'] I have been able to achieve some success at this, just by constantly doing it over the years. The bass line tends to simplify. Some songs are simply a no-no. Definitely hard work. Lots of homework is the only constructive idea I can come up with. Haven't seen the abovementioned video. If that link is reposted, I'll be giving it some attention! [/quote] Thats been my solution, practice practice practice until the bass playing becomes automatic and it all clicd. I'm getting somewhere at last. I only song on 3 numbers but I'm getting there.

ESP basses and many of the ESP/LTD's are great. Many are loaded with EMG's such as my Surveyor. Its a great piece of kit. I like Spector Basses too but find the playing position of ESP's tends to suit me better.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1402162959' post='2470651'] To the OP: How long have you had that bass and where did you get it? It looks very like the one that I owned for a while and sold to Pinball on here.... It had a few previous owners too - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/177749-sold-beautiful-carvin-xb-75p-5-string-bass/page__hl__carvin"]http://basschat.co.u...age__hl__carvin[/url] It's a gorgeous bass with a fantastic range of tones and it is very playable - top choice, and certainly the best five string I ever owned. Sadly, I just found that five strings was not for me... Of course, if this is a different bass - forget what I just said! [/quote] Same one Conan, its an absolute peach. I loved the sound and had Status Half's on it. Nice and light too. I went back to playing 4's for a while and traded it for an Esh. I have very fond memories of it. [quote name='CMR Bass' timestamp='1402165621' post='2470702'] Yeah, she's an absolute beaut! I've just restrung it E-C with 28-95 D'Addario round wounds. I've never played a bass with as much growl as this one. [/quote] I saw it on ebay and the think the add was way off as I was pretty sure it was a 2000's bass. That means it benefitted from Carvin upgrades in the late 90's, which included great pups. It's in the Carvin Museum as Dougal's bass here: [url="http://www.carvinmuseum.com/playersgallery/xb75.html"]http://www.carvinmus...llery/xb75.html[/url] I rate it as on a par with anything else that I tried. Congratulations on a nice bass

Thanks, I can't wait to get my hands on it. [quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1402142893' post='2470398'] Congrats - nice bass - remember the blade switch position at the bridge end is parallel wiring and classic Stingray sound - and towards the neck is series which is a fattened up tone with more mids. Centre is series with filter (to replicate single coil). [/quote] OK thanks.

Well I've taken the plunge. A very black Sterling Ray35 so lets hope its a nice as described. Link here:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201099881305?_trksid=p2055120.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Yep please sign even if your not from Bristol as who knows you may want to play there one day. Also share the link

My recommendations would be based on trial are the Ibanez Prestige or Premium range and Yamaha TRB1005. If you like EMG's an ESP or LTD Surveyor and Schecter Stiletto. As an overall package I think that the Ibanez takes some beating as they are so comfortable to play. That means a lot.

Heads up! It's the Bristol Acoustic Music Festival today and it looks like there is lots of stuff going on all day in the Colston Hall foyer. Much of it is free so if you bored why not mosey along. I'm going along later as some of my favourite bands are playing later. Cheers

A long long way to go but 18,000 signatures in a couple of days is good going. Keep the sigs coming in. I have a personal interest as I want to play there one day.

signed

Update: I went around a few Bristol yestarday and tried a few MM types. It confirmed that I do want a stingray. I tried a black USA mm in PMT that was really nice. They also had the cheaper Subs in so I was able to compare them. I played a 5 string Sub that was great value at £350, very well made and sounded good to me. It would make a fantastic first or gigging bass. The USA one had something extra though. I also tried and Ibanez attack 200 (cheapest in their range) which did nothing for me. I suspect if I'm going to have to pay a bit more and get a nice one to be happy with it. What I liked was the sound as soon as you pick it up, no nonsense basses.

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1400545686' post='2454905'] Hello, my name is Mornats and Pinball is a bad influence on me. We play in a band together and he's always sending me links to basses for sale. [/quote] That's because I want you to buy them so that I can try them out. You know you need them! I should add that I played a little game when I joined my other band (The Angry badgers). At the time I switched from 4 to 5 strings and had 4 basses (5 on occasions due to ongoing trades) and managed to take a different bass to practice every week for 7 weeks in a row. I was disappointing when I eventually had to use one of the basses a 2nd time. < sad bastard